* H. J. Lu:

> Add -mindirect-branch-loop= option to control loop filler in call and
> return thunks generated by -mindirect-branch=.  'lfence' uses "lfence"
> as loop filler.  'pause' uses "pause" as loop filler.  'nop' uses "nop"
> as loop filler.  The default is 'lfence'.

Why is the loop needed?  Doesn't ud2 or cpuid stop speculative
execution?

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